Merlin's big finale isn't draggin'
Dec. 13th, 2009 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
daibhidcWhoah.
That was an episode and a half. Almost literally, the ending cliffhanger had very little to do with the action up til then. And it certainly seems that the status quo is going to be well and truly shaken up for Season Three.
First off, Morguase returns, and Morgana makes her choice. Well, almost, she sides with her sister, and says she wants to kill Uther, but despite having several opportunities to do so once Morgana's sent the entire castle to sleep, she can't quite do it.
The dragon, meanwhile, tells Merlin that the only way to end the sleep spell is to kill Morgana, since it's centred on her. Merlin is able to dodge round that by almost killing Morgana, and telling Morguase that he'll tell her how to save her if she releases the spell. Morguase does so and disappears, taking Morgana with her, and presumably setting things up for Morgana to return as a fully-fledged villain[1] in Season Three.
And then Merlin gets handed the IdiotBall, as we get a conversation that basically goes like this:
MERLIN: Before I release you, you need to promise you won't attack the city.
DRAGON: No.
MERLIN: Okay, fair enough. I've already promised to release you, so I'll just have to hope.
Next week, unsurprisingly, Merlin deals with the fact the dragon is attacking the city...
[1]Assuming you accept that being opposed to Uther is the side of wrong, which I'm decidedly not, and the scriptwriters don't seem entirely certain about themselves. Grey And Grey Morality, perhaps?
That was an episode and a half. Almost literally, the ending cliffhanger had very little to do with the action up til then. And it certainly seems that the status quo is going to be well and truly shaken up for Season Three.
First off, Morguase returns, and Morgana makes her choice. Well, almost, she sides with her sister, and says she wants to kill Uther, but despite having several opportunities to do so once Morgana's sent the entire castle to sleep, she can't quite do it.
The dragon, meanwhile, tells Merlin that the only way to end the sleep spell is to kill Morgana, since it's centred on her. Merlin is able to dodge round that by almost killing Morgana, and telling Morguase that he'll tell her how to save her if she releases the spell. Morguase does so and disappears, taking Morgana with her, and presumably setting things up for Morgana to return as a fully-fledged villain[1] in Season Three.
And then Merlin gets handed the IdiotBall, as we get a conversation that basically goes like this:
MERLIN: Before I release you, you need to promise you won't attack the city.
DRAGON: No.
MERLIN: Okay, fair enough. I've already promised to release you, so I'll just have to hope.
Next week, unsurprisingly, Merlin deals with the fact the dragon is attacking the city...
[1]Assuming you accept that being opposed to Uther is the side of wrong, which I'm decidedly not, and the scriptwriters don't seem entirely certain about themselves. Grey And Grey Morality, perhaps?
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Date: 2009-12-14 09:51 am (UTC)I read his face more as "Fuck. Well, I shouldn't have promised first."
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Date: 2009-12-15 10:53 am (UTC)And, with Merlin's vaguely defined magic rules, it's entirely possible that failure to follow through really would have had negative consequences for her.